Cancer sufferers may die due to need to treat Covid-19 patients, NI health minister says

Health Minister Robin Swann during a press conference Picture: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA

Cancer patients may die as a result of Covid-19 patients not being turned away from hospitals, the Northern Ireland Health Minister has admitted.

Robin Swann said the “black and white” reality was that the health service would not turn away people with coronavirus requiring admission to hospital – but that other services were being cut as a consequence.